Hilda A. Eiken

HOFF FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE, RUSHFORD, MINN. 507-864-7771 Hilda A. Eiken, 94, of Peterson, Minn. died on Thursday, May 27, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford, Minn. Hilda was born on July 1, 1915, in rural Peterson, Minn. to Evan and Helen (Fossum) Ferden. She was raised on a farm near Peterson. Hilda attended Peterson High School. She cared for her father for several years after high school. On August 8, 1936, she married Maynard Eiken in Peterson, Minn. Hilda and Maynard farmed in the Bratsburg, Minn. area for 68 years. Maynard died in 2004. Hilda called Good Shepherd her home for the past six years. She considered the staff and residents of Good Shepherd her friends. Hilda enjoyed playing cards, gardening, flowers, cooking and canning. She loved her grandchildren visiting her at the farm. Hilda is survived by her daughter, Kaye (Allan Skalet) Eiken of Peterson, Minn.; two grandchildren: Beth (Michael) Adams and Brett (Angela) Eiken; three step-grandchildren: Jacob, Hannah and Phillip Nitecki; and four great-grandchildren: Evan, Avery, Halie, and Brode. She was preceded in death by her husband; one son, Everett; four brothers: Clifford, Ernest, James and Floyd Ferden; and two sisters: Clara Semmen and Mabel Torgerud.
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